American Notes
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1. Front matter2. AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION AND PICTURES FROM ITALY [1]3. PREFACE TO THE FIRST CHEAP EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES”4. PREFACE TO THE “CHARLES DICKENS” EDITION OF “AMERICAN NOTES”5. CHAPTER I GOING AWAY6. CHAPTER II THE PASSAGE OUT7. CHAPTER III BOSTON8. CHAPTER IV AN AMERICAN RAILROAD. LOWELL AND ITS FACTORY SYSTEM9. CHAPTER V WORCESTER. THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. HARTFORD. NEW HAVEN. TO NEW YORK10. CHAPTER VI NEW YORK11. CHAPTER VII PHILADELPHIA, AND ITS SOLITARY PRISON12. CHAPTER VIII WASHINGTON. THE LEGISLATURE. AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE13. CHAPTER IX A NIGHT STEAMER ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. VIRGINIA ROAD, AND A BLACK DRIVER. RICHMOND. BALTIMORE. THE HARRISBURG MAIL, AND A GLIMPSE OF THE CITY. A CANAL BOAT14. CHAPTER X SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE CANAL BOAT, ITS DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND ITS PASSENGERS. JOURNEY TO PITTSBURG ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINS. PITTSBURG15. CHAPTER XI FROM PITTSBURG TO CINCINNATI IN A WESTERN STEAMBOAT. CINCINNATI16. CHAPTER XII FROM CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE IN ANOTHER WESTERN STEAMBOAT; AND FROM LOUISVILLE TO ST. LOUIS IN ANOTHER. ST. LOUIS17. CHAPTER XIII A JAUNT TO THE LOOKING-GLASS PRAIRIE AND BACK18. CHAPTER XIV RETURN TO CINCINNATI. A STAGE-COACH RIDE FROM THAT CITY TO COLUMBUS, AND THENCE TO SANDUSKY. SO, BY LAKE ERIE, TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA19. CHAPTER XV IN CANADA; TORONTO; KINGSTON; MONTREAL; QUEBEC; ST. JOHN’S. IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN; LEBANON; THE SHAKER VILLAGE; WEST POINT20. CHAPTER XVI THE PASSAGE HOME21. CHAPTER XVII SLAVERY22. CHAPTER XVIII CONCLUDING REMARKS23. POSTSCRIPT